Thought about building a brick fire pit, but I couldn't figure out where to put it so that it wouldn't eventually get in the way (I live on an average city lot). Solution, build a big ass over engineered excessively heavy steel fire pit. And, as long as I am building a big steel fire pit, why not weld on all kinds of gadgets and extra crap. Hence, how a cowboy cooker is born... Eureka! Here is the base, the end off of what I'm guessing was a 250 gallon propane tank 30" in diameter on 24" legs (sorry postin the build was an after thought, after several beers, that's why the legs and braces are already attached).

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So, I rolled a ring of 1/2" square tubing at Smokerbuilder HQ to make a foot warming rest on the side of the pit. This is how I laid the spokes out. I was really hoping I did my math right and the ring would fit after I welded the spokes on. Luckily all went well and the ring actually fit on.

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Here is the last element of this build. I was given advice that a drain would be a nice addition, so why not make it big enough to use as a clean out? It is also designed so that it can be partially opened to get air flowing the fire rolling.

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Here is the final product. It came out pretty good overall. I still have some additions planned such as a Dutch oven hook, but that may be a while down the road or I may decide I don't need it, only time will tell.

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One more item, and I know I am tempting the spammer hammer, but I ordered a Classic Accessories Veranda model cover for the pit. Of course I don't want to put time and money on this project just to allow it to be turned into a bird bath, so for $19 this seems like cheap investment protection and so far it seems really nicely built with decent canvas type material. I will definitely report back if it turns out to be junk.

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